Surveys

Scientific moorings, least depth 260 meters, established 17 feb thru 30 sep in: a. 12-36.99N 043-16.50E

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 477/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-04-12 15:13Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA IX 35/19 111400Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-11 15:18Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Red Sea. The parsed report position is 12.614, 43.276. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-02-11 15:18Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 35/19 111400Z FEB 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Red Sea
position
12.614, 43.276
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
DJIBOUTI.
DNC 10.
CHART 62090.
1. SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS, LEAST DEPTH 260 METERS,
   ESTABLISHED 17 FEB THRU 30 SEP IN:
   A. 12-36.99N 043-16.50E.
   B. 12-36.72N 043-16.62E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 OCT 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Scientific mooring
Instruments anchored to the seabed and held up by floats, sometimes just below the surface, left for months to measure the ocean.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

5 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

54 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 11:51Z; source collection times vary.

Surveys

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →

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